Chapter 2.
Doubts and Accidents
The two start arguing and bantering back and forth, just like old times. Mom and Dad sit at the dinner counter, smiling at the sound of the two boys going at it.
"Well, it certainly IS Megaman. No other Navi I know of would put up with Lan's stubbornness." Says Dad. "I'm happy that I backed up his Data beforehand. Otherwise our poor son would truly be at a loss.."
"Darling.." Says Mom as she puts a gentle hand on his. "He's back, and that's all that matters. Right?" She smiles. "It's all over. That... thing is dead. Lan and Megaman came out on top. Albeit Hub was lost for a little while, you brought him back." She gets up and kisses him softly. "You're my hero too, love." She walks towards the kitchen and start chopping up veggies. "Now, wash up and get ready for dinner! Tell Lan to wash up as well, please?"
"Of course, love." He says, getting up and walking to the restroom. "I just hope it truly is Hub... I'm just a programmer, but somehow we managed to save our son from death by turning him into a Navi. But him being deleted.. Was the back up truly enough? Did I truly save our son? Or is it just... A program now...?" He thought to himself. "Lan! Dinner! Come down and wash up, kiddo!" He yelled. "In a minute, dad!" Was the response. He stares at himself in the mirror. "A program..."
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"Well. I think we've cleaned the place out." Says a grey-haired Official. "All evidence. All paperwork. And all programs have been confiscated. We just need the forklift to get this damned supercomputer out of here so we can begin to analyze the data on it. ALPHA's remains could prove to be hazardous, even with it gone." A piece of debris lands on his suit from the roof. He stares at the white powder in annoyance, before sweeping it away. "Do you need anything else, Mr. Blaze?"
"No." Responds the teenager. He stares at the large machine, regarding it with disgust. "A machine designed to contain and exploit a monster. A monster we created. A monster that just didn't want to stay dead, and killed a friend as a result. Wily didn't deserve life." He thought to himself. They had dragged Wily from the muck of ALPHA's remains. He was obviously mentally scarred and terrified, but managed to get away with very minor injuries. The mysterious Navi that belonged to the orange-haired man had dragged Wily's soul back into his body and ejected him from the machine. Chaud sighed in resignation. "I suppose no one deserves a fate such as that." He muttered to himself, watching the Official walk back to the helicopter. He gives the machine one last look before turning his back on it and walking to the chopper himself. "At least we're going to be able to dismantle and destroy this damn thing, once and for all after it is taken back to SciLab." "Take off. Back to SciLab. Radio the demo-team to move that computer as soon as possible and to destroy this place." He ordered the pilot, sweeping his white and black bangs from his face. "Yessir!" Responded the pilot.
As the helicopter takes off, the rush of wind from the blades pushes over a weakened pillar, sending it crashing to the ground. The vibrations cause another piece of debris to fall from the ceiling, right above the computer. It shatters on the console's controls, hitting the "EMERGENCY REBOOT" switch. As the helicopter flies away, the computer roars back to life, bringing the remaining systems back online, and reactivating the cyber-world within it. A broken monitor flickers an image, overseeing the area that ALPHA inhabited. The broken screen flashes again, and a figure is briefly seen, slowly emerging from the mucky floor, before fizzing out and going black.